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A Trip Through Sears Roebuck & Co.


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SEARS, ROEBUCK & CO., 1915

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① Merchandise Building, ② Tower, ③ West Wings of Merchandise Building, ④ Administration Building, ⑤ Advertising & Printing Building, ⑥ Grocery Annex, ⑦ Paint Factory, ⑧ Wall Paper Mill, ⑨ Factory No. 1, ⑩ Power Plant.


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Chicagology is proud to present the entire set of the fifty stereoscope cards that were sold to flaunt Sears’ new Homan Avenue campus. It is believed that the photos were taken by Fred Conley and James Drake, vice president and general manager, respectively, of the Conley Camera Company, a supplier to Sears. One of the stereo cards from this series is used in later catalogs as an example of an image made with a Conley Model XVIII stereo camera (right). It is known that Conley and Drake traveled to Sears headquarters in Chicago in October, 1906, shortly before this series was released. The cards were first advertised in the 1908 Fall Catalog No. 118 (see page below).


1 Mr. R. W. Sears, President Sears Roebuck & Co. 26 Stenographic Department
2 General View. Sears, Roebuck & Co. 27 The Card Index Department
3 Main Entrance Merchandise Building 28 Counting the Money Received Daily
4 Merchandise Building 29 The Closing Hour
5 Sunken Garden, with the Merchandise Building in the Distance 30 Where the Type is Set
6 The Railroad Yards 31 The Marvelous Type Setting Machines
7 Automatic Machines in the Grocery Department 32 The Electrotype Foundry
8 Watchmaking in the Jewelry Department 33 Where the Big Catalogue is Printed
9 Men’s & Boy’s Clothing 34 A Corner in the Press Room
10 A Few Talking Machine Records 35 Automatic Gathering Machine
11 Packing Goods for Shipment 36 One of Our Automatic Covering Machines
12 Mail, Packing Section of the Shipping Department 37 Catalogue Trimming Machine
13 The Train Shed and Shipping Rooms 38 The Boiler Room in the Power Plant
14 Long Distance Telephone Switchboard 39 The Magnificent Engine Room in the Power Plant
15 Automatic Telephone Switchboard 40 The Great Switchboard in the Engine Room
16 Pneumatic Tube Station 41 Main Dining Room Seroco Restaurant
17 The Great Tunnel 42 The Girls’ Cafeteria
18 On the Street at Noon 43 The Kitchen
19 A Glimpse of the Administration Building 44 The Great Refrigerator in the Restaurant
20 The Administration Building from the Pergola 45 Sunken Garden and Pergola
21 Lobby of the Administration Building 46 The Fountains and Garden
22 Mail Opening and Mail Auditing Departments 47 The Greek Pergola
23 Making a Record of the Customer’s Order 48 The Training School
24 The Routing Department 49 Fire Department Drill
25 Writing Letters to Customers 50 A Corner in the Employe’s Hospital

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Sears Catalog
1908 Fall Catalog No. 118


Cameras & Photographic Supplies, Sears, Roebuck & Co., 1908

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Aerial view of the complex
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